The Fairfield Tigers have the luxury of staying home for another week and will welcome the Huffman Vikings at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Fairfield is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 28.7 points per game this season.
Last Thursday, Fairfield came up short against Oak Grove and fell 35-27. While Fairfield had to settle for second, they closed the game well in the third quarter, where they outscored Oak Grove 13-7.
Fairfield might have lost, but man, Justin Murray was a machine: he rushed for 287 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 15.9 yards per carry. With that strong performance, Murray is now averaging an impressive 118.4 rushing yards per game.
Even though they lost, Fairfield was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 333 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Meanwhile, Huffman was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their seventh straight defeat. They were beaten by Oxford 49-0. While losing is never fun, the Vikings can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Alabama football rankings (they are ranked 233rd, while the Yellow Jackets are ranked second).
Fairfield's loss dropped their record down to 6-3. As for Huffman, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-8.
Fairfield beat Huffman 33-26 in their previous meeting back in May of 2021. Does Fairfield have another victory up their sleeve, or will Huffman turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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